MLS attendances for gameweek 1 compared to 2014

MLS teams Orlando City, LA Galaxy, Portland Timbers, Sporting KC and Seattle Sounders were the winners for attendances during the opening weekend of the 2015 season this past weekend.

All four legacy teams saw gains in their attendances compared to the opening home games of the 2014 MLS season.

Vice-versa, the losers in the first weekend this year were DC United, FC Dallas and Philadelphia Union who all saw declines in attendances.

Across MLS, Orlando City SC is currently leading the way in the biggest crowd of the season with 20,000+ more fans than even Seattle Sounders. It’ll be interesting to see if Orlando can keep that up in the coming weeks.

Take a look at the numbers below.

And feel free to share your observations in the comments section.

MLS Attendance – Equal # of Home Games
	2014	2015
	Att	Cap	Att	Att +/-	GP	% of Cap	Cap
Orlando	NA	NA	62,510	NA	1	101.89%	61,348
Seattle	39,240	43,426	39,782	1.38%	1	103.33%	38,500
LA Galaxy	25,634	27,000	27,000	5.33%	1	100.00%	27,000
Houston	22,320	22,039	22,351	0.14%	1	101.42%	22,039
Portland	20,674	20,674	21,144	2.27%	1	102.27%	20,674
Vancouver	21,000	21,000	21,000	0.00%	1	100.00%	21,000
Sporting KC	19,431	18,467	19,784	1.82%	1	107.13%	18,467
Philadelphia	18,651	18,500	18,022	-3.37%	1	97.42%	18,500
FC Dallas	18,011	20,500	15,236	-15.41%	1	74.32%	20,500
D.C. United	13,840	23,491	11,549	-16.55%	1	58.78%	19,647